Taro — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Taro — Yield was 3,936 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Puerto Rico, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — yield in Puerto Rico is 3,936 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 5,234 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3,737 kg/ha, in 2018.
That places Puerto Rico 45th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5,031 kg/ha | — |
| 2013 | 5,105 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 5,143 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 5,201 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 5,234 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 3,842 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2018 | 3,737 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 4,259 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 3,944 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 3,969 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 3,968 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,873 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 3,936 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 3,936 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 7,169 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 3,936 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,659 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Yield in Puerto Rico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -26.6% | 5,234 kg/ha | 3,842 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4,694 kg/ha | 3,737 kg/ha | 5,234 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 3,938 kg/ha | 3,873 kg/ha | 3,969 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Taro — yield in Puerto Rico was 3,936 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 5,234 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,737 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for taro — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 45th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Taro — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.